We started watching a movie once, and the first 5 minutes were 2 guys sitting on a deck talking about Niche. We unilaterally decided that the movie could fuck right off.
Into the Wild, probably. I've tried watching it several times and it just immediately turns me off. I'm sure there are more pretentious out there, but that's the one that comes to mind.
" Into the Wild, probably. I've tried watching it several times and it just immediately turns me off. I'm sure there are more pretentious out there, but that's the one that comes to mind. "
Damn, I loved Into the Wild. But, I would have to say Donnie Darko. Probably more for the niche of people who think it's the greatest thing ever.
The Idiots (or Idioterne) which is a 1998 danish film about people pretending to have mental problems for some sort of existential reasons.
According to wikipedia: "The 'spassing'is a self-defeating attempt by the group to challenge the establishment through provocation. The self-styled idiots feel that the society-at-large treats their intelligence uncreatively and unchallengingly; thus, they seek the uninhibited self-expression that they imagine a romantic ideal of disability will allow."
I suppose you think you are being clever. Pretentious means that you are making a dubious, or undeserved, claim for distinction. Perhaps you are clever enough to know how Fellini came to name his film 8 1/2??
He named his film 8 1/2 because, it was the eighth and a half film he had made, and he made mostly it about himself and his supposed genius.. ergo, it was pretentious.. Expect to cop some flack if you lump everyone in with your poorly thought out and dismissive comment, Cowboy!!
" People in this thread have no fucking idea what pretentious means. "
Richard Kelly and Nolan both fill their movies with imagery apropos of nothing. Its entirely possible for someone do go "bunny suit huh, so he just wanted to evoke Harvey for no reason at all." There are valid arguments to be made for the pretension there. You liking the movie has nothing to do with whether someone else finds it pretentious, kid.
@arab_prince said: "@Azteck said: "I'm starting to wonder if most of the people in this thread know what pretentious means. " I don't think any of them do. "
@Azteck said: "I'm starting to wonder if most of the people in this thread know what pretentious means. "
@Milkman said: "People in this thread have no fucking idea what pretentious means. "
Ok I could maybe maybe see someone saying Inception is pretentious, even though personally I think that's a big stretch and pretty stupid to be honest, but I don't understand how The Dark Knight applies. That movie doesn't try to be anything more then what it is, a character driven crime thriller. Not liking a movie doesn't automatically mean it's pretentious.
" People in this thread have no fucking idea what pretentious means. "
The more I read the more I agree. Dictionary.com people. It saves lives.
It would also help if people would throw out some reasoning behind their choices rather than just choose a popular mainstream movie or cult classic. Then maybe we could understand your backward logic.
OK I'll take this one. Do you remember in the film how Batman gets all these amazing surveillance powers, and how he finally finds the Joker? Morgan Freeman says this is too much power for any man to have, and he goes to resign. But Batman is a righteous force for justice, who needs to have all these powers in order to find the bad guy, a terrorist named the Joker. For me this was an uncomfortable parallel to the business in the US about the Patriot Act and so on. Trying to make Batman cutting edge by weighing in with a kind of contemporary political commentary could be seen as pretentious. This might seem like a stretch to some, but this part stood out in particular and rubbed me the wrong way, and I much prefer the original Tim Burton film for this and a few other reasons.
" We started watching a movie once, and the first 5 minutes were 2 guys sitting on a deck talking about Niche. We unilaterally decided that the movie could fuck right off. But I don't remember what it was called. "
Also: @Azteck said:
" I'm starting to wonder if most of the people in this thread know what pretentious means. "
@Sagalla: Ok even if that's the case, that was a ten minute section of a 2 1/2 hour movie. It wasn't the central theme. I see what you're getting at regarding that point but I saw that more as Batman doing what had to be done even if it was questionable, but having the moral fortitude to destroy it after he had used it for what he need it for.
" People in this thread have no fucking idea what pretentious means. "
The more I read the more I agree. Dictionary.com people. It saves lives. It would also help if people would throw out some reasoning behind their choices rather than just choose a popular mainstream movie or cult classic. Then maybe we could understand your backward logic. "
" @audiosnag: OK I'll take this one. Do you remember in the film how Batman gets all these amazing surveillance powers, and how he finally finds the Joker? Morgan Freeman says this is too much power for any man to have, and he goes to resign. But Batman is a righteous force for justice, who needs to have all these powers in order to find the bad guy, a terrorist named the Joker. For me this was an uncomfortable parallel to the business in the US about the Patriot Act and so on. Trying to make Batman cutting edge by weighing in with a kind of contemporary political commentary could be seen as pretentious. This might seem like a stretch to some, but this part stood out in particular and rubbed me the wrong way, and I much prefer the original Tim Burton film for this and a few other reasons. "
That's still not what pretentious means. A plot point that evokes an unrelated concept in your mind does not make a film pretentious.
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